FOREST AND STREAM. 



415 



§port§mms §otttes. 



Chesapeake & Ohio EE 



The Route of the Sportsman and Angler 

 to the Best Hunting and Fishing 

 Crounds of Virginia and 

 West Virginia, 

 Comprising those of Central ami Piedmont Virginia 

 Bine Ridge Mountains, Valley of Virginia, Alleghany 

 Mountains. Greenbrier and New RU'erB, and Kan- 

 awha Valley, and Inelndiug In their varieties of game 



r, bear, wild turkeys, wild dncK, gronsc, 



woodcock, mountain trout, bass, pike, 

 pickerel, etc., etc. 



The Route of the Tourist 



through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery 

 of toe Virginia Mouatatns to their moat fainouB 

 watering plates and summer resorts, 



The Only Route via White 

 Sulphur Springs. 



Railroad connections at Cincinnati, with the West, 

 Northwest and Southeast ; at Gordonsville, wlrti the 

 North and Northwest; and it Richmond and Char- 

 lottesville with the South. Ail modern improvements 

 In equipment. 



CONWAY K. HijWAKD, 

 Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent, 

 ap . Richmond, Va. 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers of this Line reach some of the finest 

 as in the coun- 

 try. Connections direct tor ulimcoteagiie, Cobb's 

 Island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point 

 James' River, Currituck Flnmia, .,.-„i the mountain- 

 ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc, Norfolk 

 steamers sail Mondiy. Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- 

 urday. Lewes, Del., Tuesday and Friday at 2 p. m, 

 Full information given at office, 197 Greenwich St., 

 New 1'ork. sepSS ly 



St. Lonis, Minneapolis 



AND 



ST. PAUL SHORT LINE. 



Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars 



between St. Louis, Minneapolis 



and St. Paul. 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'rth'rn 



QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAT DAILY, 

 betweeB BDrtlnpton, Albert Lea and Minneapolis, 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines in Iowa, running through some of the finest 

 hunting grounds in ihe Northwest for Geese, Ducks, 

 Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 and their dogs ts ken good care of. Seduced rates 

 on parties of ten or m t I on to General 



Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids. C. J. IVES, 



B. F. Winslow, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



General Manager. tf 



B 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, MAY, 2T, 1878.— 

 Perrybo»ts leave New York from James Slip 

 (daily except Sundays) 30 minutes, and from Thirty- 

 fourth street, East River (dally) 16 minutes previous 

 to departnre of trams, and from South Wall street, 

 Ful'on and Catharine ferries (dail ) SO minutes pre- 

 vious to departure of trains from Depot, corner Flat- 

 bush and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn. Trains leave 

 Brooklyn and Long Island Otv (Hunter's Point) aa 

 follows : For Greenpo-t.Sag Harbor, etc„S:30 a.m., 

 4 p. M., and on Saturdays at 3::so p. m. For Patch- 

 ogue, etc.. 9:30 a. M., 4:3 i and 6 p. m. For Babylon, 

 etc., at 9:30 A. M, 4, 4:30, 5 and P. M. For Port 

 Jefferson, ex., at 10 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. For North- 

 etc , at 10 a. M , 8:30, 4.30 and 6:30 p. m. For 

 Bt Valley, at S:30 and 10:00 a. m„ 3:80, 4:30, 5:30 

 and 6:30 P. m. For Far Rot-kaway, etc, at 9:30 a. m., 

 4, 4:30, 5, (i »nd 7 p. m. For Garden City and Hemp- 

 stead. 5:30 and 10 a. m., 3:30, 4:'i», 5:80 0:30 p. m., and 

 12:15 night, ami fronVLoriii l-landOitv only 9:30 a. m., 

 l:So and 6:30p.m. SUNUAYS-For Ftn Jefferson, 

 Patchogue, etc., 9 a. m. Baoylou, etc., 6 and 7 p. St. 

 North port, and Locust Valley, 9 a. M. and 6:30p. m., 

 Garden i itv i : ' ; en rates. -..' a . m,, 2:i0 and fi:30 

 p. M., and from Long Iel nd CI y only 9:30 a. m and 

 6130 P.M. Tiains for Kockaway Beach, Flushing, 

 College Point, Jamaica, etc., as per time tables. 

 Ticket offices In New York at 2G1 Broadway, corner 

 Warren street, at James Slip and Thirty-fourth 

 street ferries, at the offices of " The Long Island 

 Express," 3 Park place, 786 and 942 Broadway and 

 Grand Centra Depot ; m Brooklyn, No. 338 Wash- 

 ington street and 79 Fourth street. By purchasing 

 tickets at any of the above offices, baggage can be 

 checked from resident < ,:.,.., 



S. SPENCER, QenT Snpt. 

 J. CHnTBNDEN, Gen'I Pass. Agent. Je6 tf 



FOR 



New Haven, Hartford, Spring- 

 field and the North. 



The new and elegant steamer C. H. NOFiTHAM 

 leaves Pier No. 23, East Elver, daily (Sundays ex- 

 cepted), at 3 p. m. Passengers go North and East at 



NIGHT LINE.— The Continental leaves New York 

 at il p. at., urr.vlng in New Haveu in time for the 

 early morning trains.- 



Merchandise lor warded by dally Express Freight 

 train from New Haven through to Massachusetts, 

 Vermont, Western New Hampshire, Northern New 

 York and Canada. Apply h;. oitiee on Pier or to 

 RICFloBD PECK, General Agents. 



Cromwell Steamship Line. 



NEW YORK, HALrFAX, N. S. AND ST. 

 JOHNS, N. F. 



THE FIRST-CLASS STEAMSHIPS 

 CORTES, Capt. Bennett, and 



ALIIAMBRA, Capt. Mcllhlnney. 

 form a regular line between abort ports, leaving 

 Pier 10, North River, New Yoik. three times a 

 month. Fersoni »iai is <ova Scotia, Newfoundland 

 orthe Lower St. Lawrence will and tula the cheapest 

 .per rout -, a o .lmg changes and deten- 

 tion. Time between New rorit and Halifax aboui 

 -' '« lfofi . L rmougu Long Island and 



Cui'iti passage, inoli - in] and mea's 



New York aud Halifax, $16 irold ; *<-w York and 8'.' 

 Johns, isn, gnia. Exourai -u tlcUett at reduced 

 rates. For schedule of sailings and fm 

 lars apply Co 



CLARK & SEAMAN, 



AGENTS-WOOD A CO" HaltfBXjs/s^HARvEt 



& CO„ at. John's, N. F, Ie206m 



fyottimeti's ■Qouhs. 



TO SPOETSMEff: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA B.R. CO. 



Respectfully invite attention tc the 



afforded by their lines for reaching most of tho 

 TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the 

 -n-s. Thes'i hnea being CONTINUOUS 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT PuINTS. avoid the diffi- 

 culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- 

 lentcarswhich rnn ovi . atnoOl 



able STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure 

 or injury. 

 The lines of 



PeirasylYani Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 



GTJNNIMG AND FISHING 



m Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in 

 all the principle cities to RAISE, RENOVA, BED- 

 FORD, CRESSOK, R ALSTON, MINNECJUA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Flailing Wing Shootiuc, and Still 

 Hun tins. 

 Also, to 

 TCCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MAY, 

 SQUAN, and poiutc on the NEW JERsETi COAST 

 renowned tor SALT WAT.ER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 ma FEATHER. 



L. P. FARMER, Gen'I Pass. Agent, 

 j'kank Thomson, Geo'i Manager feblT4? 



CHICAGO &ALT0N RAILROAD. 



THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from 

 Chicago to St. Louis, j_,' uhicago 



to Kansas Citj 



WITHOUT CHANGE OP CARS. 



FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS LN 



EVERYTRWQ. 



8POBTSMEN will find splendid shooting on the 

 tineof this road; priii ii clucks, brant, 



quail, etc. Connects direct at Kansas City with the 

 Kansas Pacific Railroad for the great Buffalo and. An- 

 telope range of Kansas and Colorado. 



Liberal arrangements for transport of Bogs for 

 Sportsmen. 

 JAMES CHARLTON, 



Genera! Passenger Agent, 

 Chicago, Dt t 



FOR FLORIDA 



If OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA 

 r JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings 

 on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and Interior points in 

 FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

 by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, 

 General Agent. 



Philadelphia and Southern Mail 8. S. Co., 

 PierM Sonth Delaware Aven no, Phils, 



THE SPORTSMAN'S ROUTE. 



Chicago & Northwestern KB. 



Embraces under one management the Great Trunk 

 Railway Linen of the West and Northwest, and.with 

 ils numerous branches and connections, form • the 

 shortest and rpioLei- root,, between Chicago and all 

 points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, 

 Minnesota. Iowa, Nebraska, California, and the 

 Western Territories. Its OMAHA AND CALI- 

 FORNIA LI;- 1 -. - ti. and best route for all 



poims In Northern Illinois, Iowa, D.Kota, Nebraska, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, Ore- 

 gon, China, Japan and Australia. Its CHICAGO, 

 ST. PAUL aiSD Ml:- B is the short 



line for Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, and for 

 Madison, St. Paul, Minneanolls, Dtiluth and all points 

 in tne Great Northwest. Its WINONA AND ST. 

 t'ETER LIN : ie for Winona, Roches- 



ter, Owatonna, Mankato, St. Peter, New Clm and 

 all points In Southern am i C. nira! Minnesota. Its 

 GREEN B \Y AND il a I IETTJ Li N B is the only 

 line for Janesviile, Watertown, Pond du Lac, Os- 

 kosh, Appleton. Green Bay, Eseanaba, Negannee, 

 Marquette, Houghton, Lake Supe- 



rior country. Its FRESPORT AND DUBUQUE 

 LINE is the only route for Elgin, Kockford. Pr.'e- 

 poit and all points via Freenort. Its CUICAGO 

 AND MILWAUKEE LINE Is the old Lake Shore 

 route, and is the only one passing through Evanston, 

 Lake Forest, Highland Park, Waukegan Racine, 

 Ketloahato Milwaukee. PULLMAN HOTEL CARS 

 are now running regularly between Chicago and 

 Council Blulls, .. i ; press 'irain of 



the CHICAGO & NO ; RAILWAY. 



West bound, they leave Chisago daily, except Sun- 

 day (and on every thi-d Sunday;., irum the Wells 

 Street Depot, at 10:30 a . M., and arrive at Council 

 Bluffs next morning. 



East-bound t ey leave Council Bluffs at 5:30 p.m., 

 daily, except Saturday (and on every third Saturday), 

 ' ' ''net go next afternoon. 



Ita f " No othet n arts wesi ot Chicago runs Pullman 

 or any other form of Hotel cars. 



TO SfOKTSMEN. 



This hne presents peculiar advantages. For 



tan ■■'■ l .-:-. '..-. aa. "'..,: ,. 



our Iowa line to-day offers more fav-rable point-* 

 than any other road in the country, wlme ror Oeer 

 and Bear hunting, and for Brook Trout, Lake 

 i e el and Bass Ashing, a hundred 

 points on tie >nrther.i and r.ort.hv, extern lines Of 

 '■.iiy will be found unsurpasssd by anything 

 In t he u e -t. ' B 



Ne w T.,rk office, No. lis Broadway ; Boston office, 



No. 5 State street. 



not attainable from your 



MaRVTN UDGIUTT, 



Gen. Manager. Chicago, 



^porismen's §$Piitq8. 



MALLORYS LINE 



OF 



B1BEJOT ST;E.iMERS TO 



Jacksonville & Fernandina 



FLORIDA. 



STEAMER 



WKSTSHST XS3CA.S 



WILL SAIL FOB 



JACKSONVILLE, 



December 27tli. January 10th and 24th. 



STEAMER 

 CITT OJP »&X.S.ik9. 



will sail Fob 



FERNANDINA, 



" l>ec«iiii>erS 20th.;; 



^January 3d, I7th and 31st. 



" It'iirnajj a ami 1 . "U.vHons macle~ac each 



poil (or all points in the State. 



C. H. MALLfiUY & CO., Agents, 



1'ier 20, East Hirer. New York City, 



§0h>l>» mid §Motte far <§portemm. 



Sherman House, 



(CLARK AND RANXOLPH), 

 CHICAGO. 



u CO rednced,to$tl per day for all rooms above 

 the parlor floor, without baths. 

 Rooms with baths, $3.50, $4, and $4.60 per day. 



A.LVIN HTJLBERT, Prop'r. 



We challenge any Hotel In the World to show as 



large and as e -eaanUy furnished rooms as those of 

 the SHERMAN. 1e20 tf 



McADOO HOUSE, 



GREENSBORO, N. C. 



THE ONLY "FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN'THECITY. 



A FIRST-CLASS LIVERY CONNECTED 



WITH THE HOUSE. 



Board: per Day, $1.50 to $2; per Week, $10 50: 

 per Month, $20 to J25. 



New H use, new Furniture and everything com- 

 plete. Special rates 10 Theatrical Troapes. Sample 

 Rooms for sslesnun. Healthy and Delightful Climate 

 Winter and Summer. Plenty Quail, Woodcock and 

 Snipe, and 2,01)0 acres land unposted to hunt on, 



W. D. McADOO, 



Owner and Proprietor. 



decl9 tf 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



SPRTNGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN'S RE- 

 TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, L. I., 

 By a practical gunner and aa old bayman. Has 

 always on haud the best of boats, batteries, etc., 

 with the largest rig of trained wild-geese decoys on 

 the coast. The best ground In the vicinity of New 

 York for bay snipe shootingof all varieties. Special 

 attention given by himself to his guests, and satis- 

 faction guaranteed. Address WM. N. LANE. Good 

 Ground, L. I. , Nov8 tf 



Lafiin k Rand Powdsr C<k 



No. 26 MURRAY ST., M. Y., 

 Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of 



Orange Lightning Powder. 



No. 1 to t, strongest ami Cleanest made, m sealed 

 1 lb. card lata. Higher numbers specially are recom- 

 mended for breeeii-loading guns. 



Orange Ducking Powder, 



For water-fowl, strong and clean. No. 1 to B In 

 metal kegs, i>x lbs. each, aud canisters of :t and 6 

 lb3. each. 



Orange Rifle Powder. 



The oest for rifles and all 

 Sizes, FG, FFG and FFFG, the 1 

 Packed in wood ami a 

 and 6k' lbs., and in canisters of 1 

 All of the ' 



rdinary pnrposes. 



' i ' 1 11 ' f ; 



ricrtonsl and 



i, 

 rampnleta, showing sizes of the grata oy -wools 

 ■3ai, oentUree au aptnieaucato '.he above sWldreBfle 



gunpowder, 



GUITPOWDEH. 



DUPONT'S 



Rifle, Sporting and Blasting 



Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USB 



Dnpom'a Gunpowder Mills, established in 1801, 



have maintained their great reputation for 18 years. 

 Manufacture the foilowiug celebrated brands of 

 Powder : 



DUPONT'S DIAMOND GRAIN, 

 Nob. 1 (coarse) to 4 (ilnel, unequaled in strength, 

 quickness and cleanlinesi lapted or Glass Ball 

 and Pigeon Shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE DUCKING, 

 Nos. l (coarse) to 3 (line), burning dowly, slrongand 

 clean ; great penetration ; adapt'- 1 for Gl.ss Ball, 

 Pigeon, Duck and other snootily. 



DUPONT'S BAGI.R RIFLE, 

 A quick, strong and clean Pov, .; r r very fin > grain 

 for Pistol shooting. 



DUPONT'S RIFLE, FG., "SEA S^OO. ISO," 

 FFg and FFFg.— -The Fg tor long-range rifle Bhoot- 

 Wg, the FFg and FFFg for general use. burning 

 strongand nioLt. 



SPORTING, MINING, SHIPPING AND BLAST- 

 ING powdeks' of r. . 'i-.uB. Special 

 grades for export. Musket, Cannon, Mortar and 

 Mammoth Powder, U. 8. Government standard. 

 Powder manufactured to order of any required grain 

 or proof. Agencies la all cities and principal towns 

 throughout the US. Represented by 



F. L KNEELA.KD, 70 Wall St. N. T. 



N. B.— Use «one bnt DUPONT'S Fg or FFg 

 Powder for long-range rifle shooting. 



TELE 

 HAZARD POWDER CO 



.CTUR1 Kti OF 



GUN POW DER, 



Hazard's " Electric Powder." 



Nob. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). UnsnrpaBsed Id point of 

 strength and cleanliness. Packed In square canto. 

 ters oi 1 lb. only. 



Hazard's "American Sporting. " 



Noe. 1 (line) to 6 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 

 6Jfln. kegs. A fine grain, quick and olean, foi 

 upland prairie shooting. Well adapted to shot- 

 guns. 



Hazard's •' Dock Shooting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to S (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canlsteis 

 and 6X and 12>f lb. kegs. Burns slowly and yen 

 clean, shooting remarkably close and with great 

 penetration. For Held, forest or water shooting, ij 

 ranks any other brand, and it is equally serviceable 

 for muzzle or breech-loaders. 



- Hazard's " Kentucky Rifle." 



packed in 1 and « lb. cinisters. Burns strong an* 

 inoUL The FFFG and FFG are fevorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" .!?« 19 

 the standard RMe powder of the country. 



Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. 



GOVERNMENT CANNON &, MUSKET POWDKH; 

 ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES r OR EXPORT, OS 

 ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OB PROOF. MANU- 

 FACTURED TO ORDER. 

 The above can be had of isa,**, or of tacCons- 



?any|s Agents in everj prora'^snt city, or wEOiegeto 



88 WALL 'STREET, NEW TORS. 



English Sporting Gunpowder. 



CURTIS & RARVEyS 



DIAMOND GEAIN. 



Nos. 2, 8 4, 5, 6, T and 8. Superior Rifle, EnfleM 

 RWe, and Col. Hawker's Dnoklng. W. STTTT, 14 

 Cedar street. N. Y Aeent for the United State* 



^ffoiftsiifm's %oods. 



New American Chemically Prepared 



FELT 



ctxxm WADS. 



EQUAL TO ELY'S, AT LESS PRICE. 



For sale by all dealers. Manufactured by B. 

 GuODMAN, Anscuia, Conn., and 7 White street 

 Nrw York. «„.-!» o-T~ 



NEW YORK 



SHOOTING COAT. 



The most popular coat in the market. Made of 

 velveteen, coranroy, fustian and canvas. 'Canvaa 

 bulls a. $5, $3 aud $12, For sale by all dealers n 

 gaiis and sport; man'B supplies. 



A LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE!. 



F. L. SHELDON, Rahway, K. J. 



Pocket Cartridge Loader 



5 Dudley's I" litem Instrument is adopted to both, 

 pai-er and metallic hellB Li PAtracta. uncaps, re- 

 caps, iiwds, rriiiM a ami in- n.1 over cartridge cases 



hs bin tour .uinecs. .seed lor 



- a ■ iiunieiidi- 



L iol,_slueutall L DI.EY&CO., 



Foughkeejisie, N. Y. nov28t 



